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The surname Rideaux

A surname, carried by 1,157 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R320

Rideaux: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rideaux #22,281, 1,157 people Rideaux: #22,281 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rideaux #22,281, 1,157 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rideaux is more common than 86.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,157 people named Rideaux in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,026.

#22,281
rank among US surnames
1,157
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+12.8%
change since 2000 (was #23,207)

Who is named Rideaux

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Rideaux identified as Black (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 89%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
  • Two or more races 3.3%
  • White (not Hispanic) 2.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rideaux

Rideaux has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

Questions

How common is the surname Rideaux?
1,157 people in the United States had the surname Rideaux in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. It ranked 22,281st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rideaux?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Rideaux identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Rideaux getting more or less common?
More common. 1,026 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,157 in 2010, up 13%.